Star of David

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proper n. The Star or Shield of David is a generally recognized symbol of Jewish Community and Judaism.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

A symbol consisting of two overlapped equilateral triangles forming a star with six points, used as a symbol of Judaism. It is also called Magen David, Mogen David, and Shield of David, and is shaped identically to the hexagram and Solomon's seal. It is used on the flag of the modern state of Israel.

There's the Star of David, which is Israel, and then there's a wall, which is the wall, and then there's a pyramid, which represents "building," because in order to have a pyramid, you have to build it, see.

TRIPOLI—Wearing prayer tassels, a yarmulke and Star of David pendant, the man who says he is the first Libyan Jew to return to the country since Moammar Gadhafi's ouster on Sunday reopened the city's lone synagogue for the first time in 44 years.

That fact may help explain why simultaneously there were anti-Mubarak protesters holding posters with President Mubarak's face covered by the reviled Star of David, even as pro-Mubarak forces depicted western media as spies for Israel and protesters as agents of "outside forces."

For the photo op, Ayalon arranged to be sitting above his Turkish counterpart, so that he could literally look down on him, and made sure the television shot omitted the Turkish flag, showing only Israel's Star of David.